An overview of the distributed integrated cognition affect and reflection diarc architecture
DIARC has been under development for over 15 years. Different from other cognitive
architectures like SOAR or ACT-R, DIARC is an intrinsically component-based distributed …
architectures like SOAR or ACT-R, DIARC is an intrinsically component-based distributed …
Exploring the role of gender in perceptions of robotic noncompliance
RB Jackson, T Williams, N Smith - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
A key capability of morally competent robots is to reject or question potentially immoral
human commands. However, robot rejections of inappropriate commands must be phrased …
human commands. However, robot rejections of inappropriate commands must be phrased …
Confrontation and Cultivation: Understanding Perspectives on Robot Responses to Norm Violations
T Mott, T Williams - 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social robots will inevitably confront social or moral norm violations. While researchers have
identified preliminary strategies for when and how robots should respond in such situations …
identified preliminary strategies for when and how robots should respond in such situations …
Language-capable robots may inadvertently weaken human moral norms
RB Jackson, T Williams - 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Previous research in moral psychology and human-robot interaction has shown that
technology shapes human morality, and research in human-robot interaction has shown that …
technology shapes human morality, and research in human-robot interaction has shown that …
Why and how robots should say 'no'
G Briggs, T Williams, RB Jackson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Language-enabled robots with moral reasoning capabilities will inevitably face
situations in which they have to respond to human commands that might violate normative …
situations in which they have to respond to human commands that might violate normative …
What a Thing to Say! Which Linguistic Politeness Strategies Should Robots Use in Noncompliance Interactions?
T Mott, A Fanganello, T Williams - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
For social robots to succeed in human environments, they must respond in effective yet
appropriate ways when humans violate social and moral norms, eg, when humans give …
appropriate ways when humans violate social and moral norms, eg, when humans give …
Tact in noncompliance: The need for pragmatically apt responses to unethical commands
RB Jackson, R Wen, T Williams - Proceedings of the 2019 AAAI/ACM …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
There is a significant body of research seeking to enable moral decision making and ensure
moral conduct in robots. One aspect of moral conduct is rejecting immoral human …
moral conduct in robots. One aspect of moral conduct is rejecting immoral human …
The Schulze method of voting
M Schulze - arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02973, 2018 - arxiv.org
We propose a new single-winner election method (" Schulze method") and prove that it
satisfies many academic criteria (eg monotonicity, reversal symmetry, resolvability …
satisfies many academic criteria (eg monotonicity, reversal symmetry, resolvability …
Enabling morally sensitive robotic clarification requests
RB Jackson, T Williams - ACM Transactions on Human-Robot …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The design of current natural language-oriented robot architectures enables certain
architectural components to circumvent moral reasoning capabilities. One example of this is …
architectural components to circumvent moral reasoning capabilities. One example of this is …
Explaining in time: Meeting interactive standards of explanation for robotic systems
Explainability has emerged as a critical AI research objective, but the breadth of proposed
methods and application domains suggest that criteria for explanation vary greatly. In …
methods and application domains suggest that criteria for explanation vary greatly. In …